きらめく

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Japanese

Alternative spellings
煌めく
煌く
燦めく

Etymology

きら (kira, an ideophone) + めく (-meku, “to show signs of, to have the appearance of”, a verb-forming suffix)[1]

Pronunciation

Verb

きらめく • (kirameku) intransitive godan (stem きらめき (kirameki), past きらめいた (kirameita))

  1. to shine; to glitter; to glisten; to sparkle; to twinkle

Conjugation

Conjugation of "きらめく" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") きらめか kirameka
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") きらめき kirameki
Shūshikei ("terminal") きらめく kirameku
Rentaikei ("attributive") きらめく kirameku
Kateikei ("hypothetical") きらめけ kirameke
Meireikei ("imperative") きらめけ kirameke
Key constructions
Passive きらめかれる kiramekareru
Causative きらめかせる
きらめかす 		kiramekaseru
kiramekasu
Potential きらめける kiramekeru
Volitional きらめこう kiramekō
Negative きらめかない kiramekanai
Negative continuative きらめかず kiramekazu
Formal きらめきます kiramekimasu
Perfective きらめいた kirameita
Conjunctive きらめいて kirameite
Hypothetical conditional きらめけば kiramekeba
Classical conjugation of "きらめく" (カ行四段活用, see Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Stem forms
Irrealis (未然形) きらめか kirameka
Continuative (連用形) きらめき kirameki
Terminal (終止形) きらめく kirameku
Attributive (連体形) きらめく kirameku
Realis (已然形) きらめけ kirameke
Imperative (命令形) きらめけ kirameke
Key constructions
Negative きらめかず kiramekazu
Contrasting conjunction きらめけど kiramekedo
Causal conjunction きらめけば kiramekeba
Conditional conjunction きらめかば kiramekaba
Past tense (firsthand knowledge) きらめきき kiramekiki
Past tense (secondhand knowledge) きらめきけり kiramekikeri
Perfect tense (conscious action) きらめきつ kiramekitu
Perfect tense (natural event) きらめきぬ kiramekinu
Perfect-continuative tense きらめけり
きらめきたり		 kiramekeri
kiramekitari
Volitional きらめかむ kiramekamu

See also

References

  1. ^ “きらめく”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎ (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006
  2. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
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